gitplus

Gitplus is a collection of helper tools to augment git, making certain workflows and common tasks easier.

Installation

First, install the program:

go install github.com/cespare/gitplus@latest

Now you can run gitplus -h to see a list of commands an invoke them as, for example,

gitplus rename-branch args...

Another way to use the tool is to make symlinks in your $PATH that point at gitplus. If gitplus is invoked with the name git-foo, then it runs the foo command. For example, you might have a git-rename-branch symlink that points at gitplus. Then you can run

git rename-branch args...

instead.

git rename-branch

You can rename a local branch with git branch -m, but if it has a tracking branch you usually want to rename that too. git rename-branch renames a local branch as well as the remote tracking branch (if it has the same name).

TODO

• rename-branch shouldn't push to the remote when it renames it
• repush: rebase and push (in a loop)
  • And delete local branch?
  • And delete remote branch? (GH can do this automatically, but it isn't on by default)
• chain: print a chain of branches
• chain-push: push all the branches in the chain with remote tracking branches
• chain-repush: repush the bottom-most branch of the chain; rebase the rest
• All the chain stuff works in tandem with git rebase --update-refs